When Vijay Bist opened a branch of his modest Mountain View restaurant in to San Francisco three years ago, he upped his game. While the original is homey, and the branch in San Jose's Santana Row is splashy, the Yerba Buena location brings it all together thanks to the cooking of Sandeep Basrur. The large multilevel space includes a cocktail lounge, and the menu includes vibrant dishes with California touches, including skewers of duck breast, tender from a yogurt marinade and served with a dill and caper dipping sauce. The original location in a Mountain View strip mall has more traditional, equally delicious fare.